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← MOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$13,796,377
Total expenses
$7,469,436
Contributions and grants received
$8,681,873
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,887,791
Investment income
$857,024
Other revenue
$2,369,689
Total assets, end of year
$63,436,944
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,161,677
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$60,275,267
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,740,420
Management and general expenses
$3,262,034
Fundraising expenses
$466,982
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,740,420

Program services were 50.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $20,539

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $4,320,525

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,340,809

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MUSEUM GENERAL ADMISSIONS

    total $1,887,791 · related or exempt $1,887,791

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $857,024 · related or exempt $857,024

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $33,215

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $33,215

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,425,194

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,425,194 · excluded $1,425,194

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $455,878 · related or exempt $455,878

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $455,402 · related or exempt $455,402

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $911,280

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,304,404 · program services $1,088,689 · management and general $1,049,651 · fundraising $166,064

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $128,164 · program services $79,813 · management and general $19,381 · fundraising $28,970

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $184,268 · program services $85,073 · management and general $86,336 · fundraising $12,859

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $128,751 · program services $48,860 · management and general $39,321 · fundraising $40,570

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $26,699 · program services $5,634 · management and general $15,363 · fundraising $5,702

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $827,411 · program services $152,442 · management and general $674,969

  • 17 · Travel

    total $76,293 · program services $1,389 · management and general $71,222 · fundraising $3,682

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $735,233 · program services $368,177 · management and general $321,090 · fundraising $45,966

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $151,038 · program services $61,758 · management and general $89,280

  • 24a · Other expenses: OUTSIDE SERVICES

    total $922,659 · program services $547,060 · management and general $304,949 · fundraising $70,650

  • 24b · Other expenses: COST OF SALES

    total $678,106 · program services $678,106

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM VENUE AND PERF.

    total $516,867 · program services $516,867

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $346,820 · program services $88,653 · management and general $245,107 · fundraising $13,060

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $442,723 · program services $17,899 · management and general $345,365 · fundraising $79,459

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,263,564 · end of year $4,363,955

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,332,683 · end of year $387,966

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $152,992 · end of year $132,666

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $60,751 · end of year $67,062

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $39,043,062

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $3,923,096

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $27,987,310 · end of year $35,119,966

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $559,431 · end of year $582,995

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $20,069,827 · end of year $22,782,334

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,111,464 · end of year $3,146,683

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $17,225 · end of year $14,994

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $349,543

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $30,986,042 · end of year $34,961,912

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $22,962,284 · end of year $25,313,355

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION COLLECTS DOCUMENTS, OBJECTS, PICTURES, CLOTHING, AND ARTIFACTS WHICH DEPICT AND DEMONSTRATE THE HISTORY, AND PRESERVE THE LEGACY AND TRADITION, OF A MUSICAL ERA FOR DISPLAY TO THE PUBLIC.

  • MOTOWN MUSEUM ENGAGES VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD IN AN EXPERIENTIAL AND EDUCATIONAL CELEBRATION OF THE ICONIC MOTOWN LEGACY AND ITS CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL IMPACT. WE PROTECT AND PRESERVE HITSVILLE U.S.A. - THE BIRTHPLACE OF MOTOWN RECORDS TO DOCUMENT THE HUMBLE BEGINNINGS OF THE ARTISTS' COLLECTIVE CONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC THAT REVOLUTIONIZED AN INDUSTRY.

    Expenses $1,929,897 · Revenue $1,887,791

  • THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES A SOUVENIR SHOP TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTS, OBJECTS, PICTURES, CLOTHING, AND ARTIFACTS WHICH DEPICT AND DEMONSTRATE THE HISTORY, AND PRESERVE THE LEGACY AND TRADITION, OF A MUSICAL ERA FOR DISPLAY TO THE PUBLIC.

    Expenses $1,026,558

  • MOTOWN PROVIDES VARIOUS PROGRAMS TO ENGAGE OUR YOUTH IN THE HISTORY AND STORY THAT IS MOTOWN. THIS INCLUDES TWO SUMMER PROGRAMS, ONE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND A SECOND FOR MIDDLE STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION, A MOTOWN MIC SPOKEN WORD COMPETITION AND AMPLIFY, THE SECOND OF DETROIT, WHICH SEEKS TO BUILD ON THE RICH LEGACY OF MOTOWN, CELEBRATE THE UNIQUE VOICES OF DETROIT AND THE CREATIVE SYNERGY OF THE ARTISTS PAST, PRESENT, AND EMERGING.

    Expenses $783,965

  • THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES A SOUVENIR SHOP TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTS, OBJECTS,PICTURES, CLOTHING, AND ARTIFACTS WHICH DEPICT AND DEMONSTRATE THE HISTORY,AND PRESERVE THE LEGACY AND TRADITION, OF A MUSICAL ERA FOR DISPLAY TO THE PUBLIC.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robin Terry

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $110,250
    From this org
    $110,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Brenda Boyce

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Elesha Bridgers

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Fawn Bullock

    LEGACY TRUST

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Robert Bob Buzzelli

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Keith Clinkscales

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Mary Culler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Paul Czarnik

    TRUSTEE EMER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Ethan Davidson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Doug E Fresh

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Iris Gordy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Iris Gordy

    TRUSTEE EMER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Jeffrey Harleston

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Derek Hurt

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Levi Stubbs III

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Joanne Jackson

    TRUSTEE EMER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Rhonda Ross Kendrick

    TRUSTEE EMER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Shelby Lenton

    LEGACY TRUST

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Laura Noveck

    LEGACY TRUST

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Morton Noveck

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Vivian Pickard

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Jon Platt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Jon Platt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Allen C Rawls

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Allen C Rawls

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Robert Bob Riney

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Tamla Robinson

    LEGACY TRUST

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Jimmy Settles

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Matthew Simononcini

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Karla Hall Trammell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Myrna Webb

    TRUSTEE EMER

    Total calculated
    $0

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 August 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202602259349302715

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